Everyone has their first date and the object is to hide your flaws. And then you're in a relationship, and it's all about hiding your disappointment. And then, once you're married, it's about hiding your sins.

If nothing we do matters... , then all that matters is what we do

Ultimately what I end up writing about is helplessness and the flipside of that, empowerment.

Stories come from violence, they come from sex. They come from death. They come from the dark places that everyone has to go to, kind of wants to, or doesn't, but needs to deal with. If you raise a kid to think everything is sunshine and flowers, they're going to get into the real world and die. That's the reason fairy tales are so creepy, because we need to encapsulate these things, to inoculate ourselves against them, so that when we're confronted by the genuine horror that is day-to-day life we don't go insane.

Obsession is beautiful. It's what makes art.

I always watch what I say. I am what I say.

Every kid who hated grownups becomes a grownup. Well, except the ones who died.